Finance Coordinator

NEXT Retail Ltd.; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

The role

At NEXT, our Travel & Expenses (T&E) team plays a vital role in keeping the business running smoothly, ensuring our people have the support they need while maintaining robust financial oversight. We have an opportunity for a knowledgeable Finance Coordinator to join us at Head Office. In this role, you will take ownership of our travel and expense platforms, from reconciling submissions to identifying data trends that help us work smarter. If you are a problem solver who enjoys working with data and people, this is a great place to grow your career.

What you’ll take on

• Platform Management: Maintain our Travel Management and Corporate Card systems, ensuring expense submissions and card applications are handled efficiently.

• Data & Insights: Help set up reporting packs and KPIs, analysing data to spot trends, exceptions, or areas where we can improve our controls.

• Financial Rigour: Support Month End processes by posting journals and completing Balance Sheet reconciliations, proactively addressing risks.

• Operational Support: Act as the point of contact for the business on T&E policies, ensuring financial controls are always respected.

• Carbon Reporting: Support our environmental goals by consolidating T&E data for Carbon Footprint reporting and correcting any inconsistencies.

• Process Improvement: Take the initiative to produce and maintain a procedures database, pushing forward business processes to keep us efficient.

• Clear Communication: Resolve queries quickly through multiple channels and escalate issues to departments like Security or Store Services when needed.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for a person who is organised, analytical, and ready to take responsibility for their work.

Essential Criteria

• Financial Experience: Proven experience with Balance Sheet reconciliations and journal posting.

• Technical Skills: Excellent knowledge of Google Sheets (or Excel) and a comfort working with large data sets.

• Professional Background: Part-qualified (ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.

• Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to explain solutions clearly to stakeholders at all levels.

• Proactive Mindset: The ability to work using your own initiative while contributing to the team's shared goals.

• Organisation: A flexible approach to work, with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines under pressure.

What we look for

• Problem Solvers: People who enjoy finding the "why" behind the data and the "how" for the solution.

• Continuous Learners: A desire to actively develop yourself and learn new skills as the business evolves.

Benefits

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change. We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [e-mail] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

What's Next?

Apply

Show us what you can do. Submit your application online and our recruitment team will take a first look at your experience and strengths.

Inform

Let’s talk. We will get in touch for an initial conversation by phone or video to learn more about you and share what the team is looking for.

Review

If you are invited to an interview, you may be asked to present an interview task or portfolio and talk through your experience in a competency based interview. It is also your chance to ask questions and get to know us.

Offer

If it’s the right match, our recruitment team will be in touch with a job offer and next steps. This is where your journey with NEXT begins.

Team Overview

Finance is where we turn ambition into action. This team protects value, funds growth, and gives leaders timely insight. From reporting to managing risk, your work keeps decisions sharp, ensuring the business stays on course and ready to take on the next big challenge.

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About NEXT

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

Challenges. Opportunities. The future. Let’s take it on at NEXT.